Terms of Service

Thanks for taking the time to read over the terms of service and website policies. I take your privacy very seriously, I never sell lists or email addresses.

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The following terms (“Terms of Service”) constitute an agreement between Joanne Pineau, HBSc., E-RYT500, C-IAYT and the user (“You”) that governs Your use of this website and all of its associated services, content and functionality. This policy applies to the website administered by Joanne Pineau, located at www.InnerJourney.ca

 

Joanne Pineau offers the following for purchase: yoga therapy & remedial yoga classes – private and group specialty classes for spinal health and neuropathy and a yoga teacher training course  – Intensive of Sciatica & Lower Back Conditions for Yoga Teachers.

 

Your use of the Website constitutes Your acceptance of, and agreement to the following Terms of Use. Joanne Pineau reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, policies and these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. If You do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, You must not use the Website or purchase from Joanne Pineau. 

 

Disclaimer

You understand that with any physical activity, risk of serious physical injury is possible. Yoga, remedial yoga and yoga therapy and other activity is no substitute for medical diagnosis and/or treatment. You, the student assume the risk of yoga or other activity and release the teacher and Yoga Therapist Joanne Pineau from any liability claims.

 

You are participating in classes or workshops with Joanne Pineau and are aware of the physical risks involved with exercise and understand it is Your personal responsibility to consult with Your doctor or other health care provider regarding Your participation. You have no medical condition, that You are aware of, which would prevent You from taking part in classes, events or workshops, and You assume responsibility for any risk or injury You may sustain as a result of Your participation.

 

You have read the above release and waiver of liability and understand its contents. You understand that it is Your responsibility to find a pace that suits You. You agree to the terms and conditions stated above.

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Joanne Pineau has made every effort to ensure the Courses and Articles have been checked for accuracy. There is no guarantee that You will see positive results to Your health using the techniques and materials provided by Joanne Pineau

 

Joanne Pineau assumes no responsibility for Your health, Your decisions or for policies or practices that You implement.

Any statements related to health are examples of what may be possible in the future. Joanne Pineau makes no guarantees regarding results, present or future. Joanne Pineau is not responsible for your health.

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Your Responsibility

The Classes, Consultations, Courses, audio recordings, handouts, products and Yoga Therapy sessions were developed strictly for educational purposes. You understand and agree that You are fully responsible for Your use and results from the exercises/programs, audio recordings and all other materials produced by Joanne Pineau.

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Joanne Pineau makes no representations, warranties or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. You understand that Joanne Pineau is not responsible for Your results or any expenses that You may incur as a result of Your purchase. Joanne Pineau assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Courses, Classes, Consultations or Products.

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Privacy

What Personal Information Does Joanne Pineau Collect and How Is This Personal Information Used?

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Joanne Pineau may receive and store information that You voluntarily submit through the Website for the purpose of subscribing to the Website to receive Joanne Pineau's newsletters, to leave comments on blog posts, or to purchase Products.

 

Joanne Pineau may receive and store certain types of usage-related information when You interact with the Website, including but not limited to, Your computer’s IP address and browser information. The information we collect is used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor. With respect to cookies: we use cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.

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Third-Party Use of Personal Information

Joanne Pineau may provide personal information to an applicable third party in order to provide services. Joanne Pineau uses the services of MailChimp for delivery of email updates. MailChimp’s use of Your personal information is subject to MailChimp’s Privacy Policy.

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Joanne Pineau will not sell, distribute, or reveal users’ email addresses or other personal information without their consent.

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Modification or Deletion of Personal Information

You can decline to submit personal information at any time. If You decline, Joanne Pineau may not be able to continue to provide service to You. You may request deletion of Your personal information by unsubscribing from our newsletter or sending an email to Joanne@InnerJourney.ca but in some cases, we may be required to keep Your information by law. In such a case, it would no longer be active and would be kept separately in an archive.

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Registration & Restricted Access

Access to certain areas of the Website may be restricted. Joanne Pineau reserves the right to restrict areas of the Website at its sole discretion.

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Some restricted areas of the Website may be made available to You as a registered user. When You are registered, You are required to create a user profile, which may include a username and password. You agree to keep Your username and password confidential. If You suspect your password has been compromised, You must notify Shannon Crow immediately at info@shannoncrow.com. Shannon Crow will not be liable for any loss caused by the unauthorized use of Your account; however, You may be liable to Shannon Crow or other third parties for any losses incurred due to such unauthorized use.

Shannon Crow may disable Your username and password at its sole discretion.

Shannon Crow reserves the right to modify methods for registration and access levels of registered users from time to time.

Confidentiality & Privacy For Course Participants

Shannon Crow respects Your privacy and insists You agree to respect the privacy of Shannon Crow and all other Course participants (“Course Participants”). Any confidential information (“Confidential Information”) shared by Course Participants or any Shannon Crow student or representative is confidential, proprietary, and belongs solely and exclusively to the disclosing party. All Parties agree not to disclose, reveal or make use of any Confidential Information or any transactions, during discussions, in the Facebook group that is open to enrolled members of a Course, or otherwise. You agree not to use such Confidential Information in any manner other than in discussion with other Course Participants during the Course. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information disclosed in connection with this Agreement, and shall not include information rightfully obtained from a third party. Both Parties will keep Confidential Information in strictest confidence and shall use the best efforts to safeguard the Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss, and theft. You agree not to violate the Company’s publicity or privacy rights. Furthermore, You will NOT reveal any information to a third party obtained in connection with this Agreement. Further, by purchasing this Course, You agree that if You violate or display any likelihood of violating this Agreement the Company and/or the other Course Participant(s) will be entitled to injunctive relief to prohibit any such violations to protect against the harm of such violations.

Ownership of Materials

All original materials provided by Shannon Crow as part of the Courses and Products are owned by Shannon Crow. Any original materials are provided for Your individual use only. You are not authorized to use or transfer any of Shannon Crow’s intellectual property. All intellectual property remains the property of Shannon Crow. No license to sell, distribute, reproduce, prepare a derivative work, display or perform is granted or implied. Shannon Crow will be entitled to injunctive relief to prohibit any such violations to protect against the harm of such violations.

Use of the Website

Unless otherwise stated, Shannon Crow owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website. Subject to the license below, all intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download (for caching purposes only), and print pages for Your personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use.

The following uses are not permitted:

• Republication of content from the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for republication;

• Sale, rental, or sub-license of any content from the Website;

• Reproduction or duplication of any content on the Website for commercial purposes;

• Modification of any content on this website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification;

• Redistribution of any content of the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution.

From time to time, the Website will utilize various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of Shannon Crow’s intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content, with full credit to Shannon Crow.

You must not use the Website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impair the availability of access to the Website. You must not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Website, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law. You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit and/or other harmful code or malicious software.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities, including, but not limited to scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting on or in relation to the Website without Shannon Crow’s express written permission.

You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications.

You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without Shannon Crow’s express written permission.

Intellectual Property

Certain of the names, logos, and other materials displayed in the Products constitute Shannon Crow’s intellectual property, including, but not limited to, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets and copyrights (“Shannon Crow IP”). You are not authorized to use any Shannon Crow IP without Shannon Crow’s express consent. Ownership of Shannon Crow IP remains with Shannon Crow and You agree not to make any claims or assertions of any other party’s ownership of Shannon Crow IP.

Copyright

Unless otherwise noted, the design, content and all components of the Website are copyrights owned by Shannon Crow or third parties and are protected by Canadian and international copyright laws.

Trademarks

Shannon Crow, MamaNurture, and The Connected Yoga Teacher and Shannon Crow Yoga are trademarks of Shannon Crow and are protected by Canadian trademark law. Shannon Crow’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Shannon Crow’s, in any manner likely to cause confusion among consumers or in any manner that disparages or discredits Shannon Crow.

From time to time, the Website will legally utilize trademarks owned by third parties related to Shannon Crow’s services. These trademarks are the respective property of their owners.

Grant of Rights

You grant Shannon Crow a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute any content You contribute to the Website. This includes, but is not limited to, text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material. This license extends to all known and future media. You also grant Shannon Crow the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

Equitable Relief

You acknowledge and agree that in the event of certain breaches of the Terms of Service, Shannon Crow may suffer irreparable injury, such that no remedy at law will afford it adequate protection against, or appropriate compensation for, such injury. Accordingly, You agree that Shannon Crow shall be entitled to any injunctive relief, without having to post a bond, as may be granted by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Prohibited Content

Any content You contribute to the site, including, but not limited to text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material, must not be illegal or unlawful, may not infringe on any third-party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against You or Shannon Crow or a third party. Shannon Crow reserves the right to edit or remove: (i) any material submitted to the Website; (ii) stored on Shannon Crow’s servers; or, (iii) hosted or published on the Website. Shannon Crow takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by You or any third party.

Notwithstanding Shannon Crow’s rights under the Terms of Use, Shannon Crow does not undertake to monitor the submission of all content to, or the publication of such content on, the Website.

Communication – Electronic Notice

If You send Shannon Crow an email, register to use the Website or provide your email to Shannon Crow in any other way, You consent to receive communications from Shannon Crow electronically. You agree that all legal notices provided via electronic means from Shannon Crow satisfy any requirement for written notice.

Third Parties

The Website contains links to third-party websites that are not governed or controlled by Shannon Crow. You represent and warrant that You have read and agree to be bound by all applicable Terms of Use and policies for any third-party website that relates to Your use of the Website. Shannon Crow assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold harmless Shannon Crow from any and all liability related to Your use of a third-party website.

Prior to engaging in any commercial transactions with any third parties discovered through or linked on the Website, You must complete any necessary investigation or due diligence. If there is a dispute for any commercial transactions with a third party discovered through or linked on the Website, You expressly hold Shannon Crow harmless from any and all liability in any dispute.

No Warranties

The Website and Products are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations or warranties, expressed or implied. Shannon Crow makes no representations or warranties in relation to the Website, the Products, or the information and materials provided therein.

Shannon Crow makes no warranty the Website will meet your requirements; will be available uninterrupted; timely and free of viruses or bugs; or represents the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the Website. Shannon Crow is not responsible to you for the loss of any content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website.

Limitation of Liability

SHANNON CROW WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, HOWEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU, WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Shannon Crow, its members, employees, officers, directors, managers and agents harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, suits, actions, liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) which Shannon Crow suffers as a result of third-party claims based on: (i) Your negligence or intentional misconduct, (ii) Your breach of any provision of the Terms of Use (including representation or warranty); (iii) materials prepared or provided by You including, but not limited to, any claims of infringement, or misappropriation of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property or proprietary right, infringement of the rights of privacy or publicity, or defamation or libel; or (iv) death, personal injury, or property damage arising out of, or relating to, Your obligations hereunder.

Miscellaneous

The Terms of Use will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and Country of Canada. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms of Use, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the Canadian Arbitration Association https://canadianarbitrationassociation.ca/ (“CAA”) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of any such arbitration shall be in or near Owen Sound, Ontario. The parties also agree that the CAA Optional Rules for Emergency Measures of Protection shall apply to the proceedings. If any provision(s) of the Terms of Use is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be severable and enforceable. If a provision is excessively broad, such a provision shall be limited or reduced in scope so as to be enforceable. The Terms of Use may not be assigned by you without Shannon Crow’s prior written consent, however, the Terms of Use may be assigned by Shannon Crow in its sole discretion. The Terms of Use are the final, complete and exclusive agreement of the parties with respect to the Website offered by Shannon Crow. The Terms of Use may not be altered or modified except by prior written agreement by the parties. All notices with respect to the Terms of Use must be in writing and may be via email to info@shannoncrow.com for Shannon Crow and to your email address.

The Connected Yoga Teacher / Shannon Crow (“Company”, “we”, or “us”) respects your privacy and are committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of TheConnectedYogaTeacher.com, ShannonCrow.com and MamaNurture.ca including any content, functionality and services offered on or through our websites, whether as a guest or a registered user.

When accessing the Website, the Company will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website.

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

 

ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY AGREEMENT

The Connected Yoga Teacher, (Shannon Crow), is committed to keeping any and all personal information collected of those individuals that visit our website and make use of our online facilities and services accurate, confidential, secure and private. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with The Connected Yoga Teacher of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards.

THEREFORE, this Privacy Policy Agreement shall apply to The Connected Yoga Teacher and any subsidiary company listed below , and thus it shall govern any and all data collection and usage thereof. Through the use of www.theconnectedyogateacher.com and any subsidiary website listed below you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed within this agreement.

Subsidiary Company:
MamaNurture Prenatal Yoga School
Shannon Crow Yoga

Subsidiary Website:
www.mamanurture.ca
www.shannoncrow.com

Collection of Information

This website collects various types of information, such as:

• Voluntarily provided information which may include your name, address, email address, billing and/or credit card information etc., which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the services you have requested.

Information automatically collected when visiting our website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies and server logs.

Please rest assured that this site shall only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide by way of surveys, completed membership forms, and emails. It is the intent of this site to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested and any additional uses specifically provided on this site.

The Connected Yoga Teacher may have the occasion to collect anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender, household income, political affiliation, race and religion at a later time. We may also gather information about the type of browser you are using, IP address or type of operating system to assist us in providing and maintaining superior quality service.

It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and statements of any website you choose to use or frequent as a means to better understand the way in which other websites garner, make use of and share information collected.

Use of Information Collected

The Connected Yoga Teacher may collect and may make use of personal information to assist in the operation of our website and to ensure delivery of the services you need and request. At times, we may find it necessary to use personally identifiable information as a means to keep you informed of other possible products and/or services that may be available to you from www.theconnectedyogateacher.com and our subsidiaries . The Connected Yoga Teacher and our subsidiaries  may also be in contact with you with regards to completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future services that may be offered.

The Connected Yoga Teacher does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, rent or lease any of our customer lists and/or names to any third parties.

The Connected Yoga Teacher may deem it necessary to follow websites and/or pages that our users may frequent in an effort to gleam what types of services and/or products may be the most popular to customers or the general public.

The Connected Yoga Teacher may disclose your personal information, without prior notice to you, only if required to do so in accordance with applicable laws and/or in a good faith belief that such action is deemed necessary or is required in an effort to:

• Remain in conformance with any decrees, laws and/or statutes or in an effort to comply with any process which may be served upon The Connected Yoga Teacher and/or our website;

• Maintain, safeguard and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of The Connected Yoga Teacher; and

• Perform under demanding conditions in an effort to safeguard the personal safety of users of www.theconnectedyogateacher.com and/or the general public.

Children Under Age of 13

The Connected Yoga Teacher does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13) without verifiable parental consent. If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website.

Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

All users and/or visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communication from us and/or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communications by way of email or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe to our website please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to info@theconnectedyogateacher.com. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our website does contain links to affiliate and other websites. The Connected Yoga Teacher does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.

Security

The Connected Yoga Teacher shall endeavor and shall take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to our offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of the user’s personal information under our control.

Changes to Privacy Policy Agreement

The Connected Yoga Teacher reserves the right to update and/or change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post those change to our website homepage at www.theconnectedyogateacher.com, so that our users and/or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collect, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information. If at any point in time The Connected Yoga Teacher decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether or not to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

Acceptance of Terms

Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy Agreement related to our website, please feel free to contact us at the following email address.

Email: info@theconnectedyogateacher.com
05/25/2018

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